Can Text Messages Really Help Kids Spell? - ABC News - 5 views
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For many teachers and parents, those text abbreviations may spell the end of literacy as we know it, but a growing body of research indicates that text messages can actually help students' ability to spell.
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Though research on the subject is still emerging, experts say that part of the perception problem may just have to do with the dynamics of change. "Basically what you have is a small line of research showing that texting helps people read and helps them write, both, and then you have a lot of anecdotes and anxiety," said Kathleen Blake Yancey, the Kellogg W. Hunt professor of English at Florida State University. "That's basically it."
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